Good 7 String tunes to learn for beginners?

[mat091285]

Hey all,

Want to ask ... if anyone could give me some suggestions to learn some 7 strings songs for beginners.. I have an IBanez K7 but want to learn some songs for starters .. before going on to some Nevermore songs .. the reason why i want to go 7 string haha ...

Any suggesitons?

 

[Nick]

beginners to guitar in general or just new 2 sevenstrings?

 

[mat091285]

New to sevenstrings

Thanks!

 

[Nick]

If you have a K7 why not learn some of korns more difficult tracks, granted they are probably still not setting the world alight with technicality, but its a decent starting point.

Tbh ibanez necks are made to make it easy to move from 6 to seven strings if you can play Nevermore stuff on a 6 just jump straight into it on the 7

 

[Demeyes]

Fear Factory, Soilwork, Amon Amarth and At the Gates are bands whose songs are tuned to B that are fairly easy. I play songs by these guys to help me get used to the 7 string.

 

[Kagami]

Unearth is pretty fast but most of their stuff is just moving power chords around, good stuff to learn and keep your left hand moving fast.

 

[Rick]

I'd choose Resurrection by FF. Not too fast, not too slow.

 

[bostjan]

Learn whatever songs you like, if you have trouble with harder parts, slow them down.

One of the first songs I tried to tackle on a seven was the Mirror by Dream Theater. There are a few tricky parts, but for a DT song, it's pretty easy overall. Lie, on the other hand is a different story...

Not saying do Dream Theater, I'm just picking an example.

 

[mat091285]

Sweet ideas everyone! .. I think i will, try the Fear FActory riffs .. as they are pretty sweet sometimes! ..

thanks everyone!

 

[soldierkahn]

I'd choose Resurrection by FF. Not too fast, not too slow.

Me personally, Id say learn Archetype from FF. Easy progressions, intermediate difficulty palm mute chugs, and nice breakdown.


As far as other bands:

For B Standard: Lacuna Coil, Trapt, Flaw, Chimaira (Pass Out Of Existence - Drop A - AEADGBE), Coal Chamber, Ra

For A Standard: Taproot, Mushroomhead, Fear Factory, Korn


Those should be enough to keep you having fun for months. I always make "Workout" playlists. Like My A Standard one features ALL Fear Factory songs (i transpose the B Standard ones to work in A stand), A few Taproot songs, Divine Heresy, And ALL Korn songs except for their new record Untitled. That playlist right there is just shy of 14 hours....

 

[mat091285]

Thats a swell idea thanks Kahn!

 

[Metal Ken]

Nevermore perhaps? Or some of Morbid Angel's 7 string songs -- God of Emptiness & World Of Shit RULE.

 

[mat091285]

I will try those out when i get good at the easy stuff ... like Fear Factory ...

 

[Dead but Dreaming]

I'm looking around for the same stuff, so good luck. I just started listening to Element MySpace.com - ELEMENT - Metal / Death Metal / Industrial - www.myspace.com/elementneodeath "Hi Tech Killing" and "Smoke" are good songs. I think the band would sound a lot better with death metal vocals, but they're still pretty rockin, and the guitar parts don't seem very difficult but sound good.

 

[Uber Mega]

Some Meshuggah riffage?

 

[guitarplayerone]

Damaged by Fear Factory

 

[Leon]

anything. anything at all. just playing songs that you're already a whiz at on your 6'er on your 7'er will give you a feel for what's going on with the extra string.

 

[TemjinStrife]

I actually do stuff like play Amorphis riffs down an octave (Shaman is a good one to move about like that), or something like one of Bang Camaro's riffs (Out on the Streets and the like are good for this) using straight power chords and just getting used to not having to shift as far (instead dropping down a string.) But I'm a pretty inexperienced player overall, so you may well be beyond this.

 

[7slinger]

Nevermore perhaps? Or some of Morbid Angel's 7 string songs -- God of Emptiness & World Of Shit RULE.

where the slime live


if you need any help with the FF stuff, I think COW is available for lessons

 

[leandroab]

Try Dark Eternal Night, by Dream Theater.

The riffs are pretty cool, and I felt great when I was actually playing them. But some parts are too fast for me, because I actually suck at leads. I mean, it IS John Pretrucci, right.. And definitely try FF.